Our principal aim during the care and maintenance of our vineyards is to concentrate all our measures and efforts upon cultivating high quality grape produce.
This is why the „Mayr-Unterganzner wine growers “ have, in spite of all modern developments dedicated themselves to the pergola culture. However the pergola system is modified so that a large amount of vines per hectare combined with a low grape yield assure the best quality. This high-quality target is achieved through careful vine type selection, combined with new knowledge in produce regulation and of course the special care taken through the whole process. No artificial manures or weedkillers are used, in fact on the Mayr-Unterganzner wine estate they are consciously renounced. The best wine comes from old vines, so we only replace vines which have died off. This ensures that the average age of our vines is always high.
The most important variety on the estate is the Lagrein. It is given very special attention: through decades of selection work new vine derivatives have originated and these continue to guarantee a high wine quality product.
Though mainly being occupied with the cultivation of grapes, we are fascinated about many other fields of agriculture, too. Thus, we also produce, on a smaller scale apples, figs, chestnuts and olives. The latter are keeping us busy since more than 30 years now and we are proud to be the first ones in the province of Alto Adige/Südtirol to produce local olive oil – even though the quantity is very limited.